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Five DIY green gadget projects that deserve to be commercial

The demand to protect the environment from degradation is at its peak these days with many eco conscious organizations and individuals working tirelessly to make people aware about using green gadgets in order to safeguard the environment. Many innovative individuals are using creative skills to design gadgets that are useful and can be used for commercial purposes as well. Here is a list of five DIY green gadget projects that deserve to be commercial and hence readily available to many other users.

1. DIY earthquake sensor

DIY Earthquake Sensor

An eco enthusiast, who is known to the world as Andrewblog, deserves credit for coming up with the design of an earthquake sensor. This device can catch the tremor which is generated when an earthquake hits a primary wave. The lever used in this device is highly sensitive and it is connected with a spring. The end of the lever carries the weight, which is fixed to the lever using a M8 screw. This lever can detect of frequency of about 2HZ. When the sensor shakes, the horizontal spring used in this machine will touch the M3 screw, closing a delay off circuit, which will in turn move the piezoelectric bell. The major problem with this device is that it can also trigger alarm by detecting footfalls or other shakes.

2. DIY kinect home automation and lighting control hack to save energy

DIY Kinect Home Automation

The credit for designing and creating Xbox Kinect DIY hack goes to Mike, who uses ‘nitrogen’ as his online alias. Though his design is a prototype, but it has shown that we can use our creative skills to design and create devices that can save energy. This system can be used to switch on and switch off the light from a distance, which will save electricity. This system will automatically dim the light if there are no user in the room or if the user does not require light for any purpose. The light will turn on automatically when the user will enter the home and will turn off automatically, when the user will leave the home. Though the setup is inexpensive, the functionality is definitely something to talk about. This DIY system can be used to make our buildings more energy efficient.

3. DIY solar powered cockroach toy is a perfect kids’ project

DIY Solar Powered Cockroach Toy

Designed by Wisconsin-based middle school science teacher Joshua Zimmerman, the solar powered cockroach toy is a perfect green gadget to help your kids learn about the importance of sunlight and how it can be used to power electronic devices as well. Zimmerman is also credited with developing solar emergency radio and solar battery chargers for iPhones. This one-of-a-kind toy is built using one 2V solar cell, one vibrating pager motor and one resistor or diode. We can also use scrap wire in place of diode. Some other items used in this toy are two big paper clip and magnet wire. This toy can be made by anyone at home.

4. DIY solar powered t-shirt motivates you to workout

Solar Powered T-Shirt

Solar powered clothing is a thing of the past. The next in thing is solar powered clothing that motivates you to shrug laziness and workout. Lingon has created the Motivational Moody Workout T-Shirt featuring a LilyPad arduino and a solar panel. The LilyPad board has blue LEDs on them with a ball tilt sensor and the light will glow as per your activity level.

5. $3 Emergency solar powered radio made with an Altoids tin

Solar-Powered Radio

A Wisconsin-based science teacher Joshua Zimmerman has created a solar-powered radio using an Altoids tin. This compact solar radio was created for just $3. This radio features plug-in headphones as well. Joshua said that he decided to create the Emergency Solar Radio after seeing the destruction caused by Tsunami in Japan. This radio uses an FM Radio and two solar garden lights. The diode used in it has been taken out from a junk pile.

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